MusicWeb International‘s Jonathan Woolf reviews Piano Music of John Knowles Paine by pianist Christopher Atzinger: “Paine’s piano music hasn’t really been explored in much depth.… So all thanks are due to Christopher Atzinger for getting to grips with a body of Paine’s piano repertoire. It shows Paine’s rootedness in the German romantic literature of his…
Gramophone Magazine’s Guy Rickards reviews Robert Dilutis and the Mellifera Quartet’s Clarinet Classics at Riversdale recording in the October 2019 issue’s Sounds of America section: “Sometimes, not as often as I would like, one listens to a new disc and knows from the very first phrase that it is a winner. This superbly performed programme…
Rafael de Acha reviews the new CD version of Christopher Anderson-Bazzoli’s Continent’s End recording: “Listening to Christopher Anderson-Bazzoli’s CONTINENT’S END I was struck by how both its music and its interpreters, the fine mezzo-soprano Buffy Baggott and her equally accomplished partner, pianist Kevin Korth perfectly embrace the text of the nine poems of Robinson Jeffers in the…
Virtuosi Ilya Gringolts, violin, and Dmitry Kouzov, cello, perform three great duos—two from the 20th century and one from the 21st. The graceful, expressive and witty Duo for Violin and Cello by Hanns Eisler, written when the composer was 26 years old, is a multifaceted work showcasing the composer’s brilliant intellect. In Jörg Widmann’s 24 Duos for Violin and Cello, from 2008, the…
The September/October 2019 issue of American Record Guide features Cappella SF and Ragnar Bohlin’s recording of Mass Transmission: Choral Works by Mason Bates: “[Mason Bates’s] music is tonal, original, and finely wrought. … The combination of various languages [in Sirens] underlines the postmodern temporality. … Mass Transmissions is enticing and moving. … One of Bates’s…
David Reynolds reviews Kristian Benedikt‘s Delos debut recording, Tenore di Forza in the September/October 2019 issue of American Record Guide: “Kristian Benedikt is a clarion, call-to-arms type of tenor that we are in sore need of right now. … His top notes ring out massively and, I suspect, are even more effective in the house,…
Joseph Newsome reviews Cappella SF and Ragnar Bohlin‘s recording of Mass Transmission: Choral Works by Mason Bates on Voix des Arts: “Were their texts wordless, the choral works by American composer Mason Bates on the captivating Delos release Mass Transmission would impart engagingly provocative messages, but, like choral music itself, this tunesmith’s music divulges a notable gift for crafting…
Jean-Yves Duperron reviews Conspirare and Craig Hella Johnson’s new recording, The Hope of Loving: Choral Music of Jake Runestad on Classical Music Sentinel: “[Conspirare] swaddles you within a soothing sonic cocoon. … a seamless and effortless delivery, smooth entries, perfect blend and highly gradual dynamics. … Craig Hella Johnson has certainly picked the music of a…
Jonathan Woolf reviews Christopher Atzinger’s new recording of the Piano Music of John Knowles Paine on MusicWeb International: “all thanks are due to Christopher Atzinger for getting to grips with a body of Paine’s piano repertoire. It shows Paine’s rootedness in the German romantic literature of his time; the Romance, Op.39 is both gentle and…
Rafael de Acha reviews Veronika Dzhioeva’s new Ritorna Vincitor! recording with Constantine Orbelian and the Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra: “The late Dimitri Hvorostovsky was right when he said: “What a gorgeous voice – like a Rolls Royce, she must sing in the best theaters in the world!” I agree. … The beautiful, big voiced, intensely…
South African violinist Piet Koornhof is Delos’s most often-recorded violin virtuoso, having participated in seven previous recordings for us: both as soloist with piano accompaniment and with larger ensembles. This most impressive release pairs him with a superb pianist, although most knowledgeable listeners think of these beloved pieces as works for violin and orchestra. In…
Rafael de Acha has a new review for Robert DiLutis and the Mellifera Quartet‘s Clarinet Classics at Riversdale recording: “here, with the release of the lovely Clarinet Classics at Riversdale, we get acquainted with Weber’s technically challenging and melodically satisfying Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in B flat Major. … In the process we gladly encounter…
Classical Minnesota Public Radio and American Public Media’s “Major Themes” program has named Conspirare‘s The Hope of Loving: Choral Music of Jake Runestad one of their “top picks for must-hear recordings.” “This is the most highly anticipated choral album this year. Why? Conspirare, led by Craig Hella Johnson, is arguably America’s finest mixed-voice choir. And…
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) composed his Sérénade mélancolique for violin and orchestra (or piano) in 1875, shortly after completing his First Piano Concerto. It was first heard a year later, performed by Adolph Brodsky, who stepped in to replace the work’s dedicatee, Leopold Auer, when he backed out of the first performance. Several years later…
The Hope of Loving is the first Delos album devoted to the music of composer Jake Runestad and presents many of his finest choral compositions. Listeners will marvel at the rich, luminous textures, lyricism and harmonic wizardry of his compositions, as he explores (among others) themes of love, spirituality and the natural world in mesmerizing…
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